UNILATERAL INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA AND IPSIVERSIVE TORSIONAL NYSTAGMUS

Authors
DEHAENE I CASSELMAN JW DHOOGHE M VANZANDIJCKE M
Citation
I. Dehaene et al., UNILATERAL INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA AND IPSIVERSIVE TORSIONAL NYSTAGMUS, Journal of neurology, 243(6), 1996, pp. 461-464
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03405354
Volume
243
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
461 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-5354(1996)243:6<461:UIOAIT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report four patients with internuclear ophthalmoplegia and torsiona l nystagmus, ipsiversive to the side of the medial longitudinal fascic ulus (MLF) lesion. The MLF lesion could be responsible for an inactiva tion of the ispilateral interstitial nucleus of Cajal inducing a contr aversive slow phase. The presence of a corrective ipsiversive quick ph ase implicates an intact rostral interstitial nucleus of the MLF.